Invisible Roads: How Archaeologists Reconstruct Ancient Networks Across Mountains and Continents
Twenty-five feathers from a pre-Inca tomb at Pachacamac have allowed archaeologists to follow Amazonian parrots across the Andes using ancient DNA, stable isotopes and spatial modelling. The case captures a larger transformation in archaeology: objects, animals, plants and people can now be traced through networks whose traders, transactions and roads have otherwise disappeared.